Poem-a-Day

Poem-a-Day is the original, daily poetry series featuring new poems by today’s poets. Produced by the Academy of American Poets, this free digital series is made possible by you, our readers and listeners. Theme music by Kat Rejsek. Audio engineering by Thea Matthews. Learn more about Poem-a-Day and, if you can, please consider supporting this series by making a gift at poets.org/give.

Books
1526
Suzi F. Garcia: "A Modified Villanelle for My C...
3 min
1527
Balam Rodrigo and Dan Bellm: "The Patron Saints"
6 min
1528
Juan Ramón Jiménez: "One Night"
2 min
1529
Lauri García Dueñas and Olivia Lott: "0"
8 min
1530
John Keene: "Looking at Photos"
3 min
1531
Douglas Kearney: "The Thing of Nature That Defi...
3 min
1532
Monica Youn: "Leave"
3 min
1533
Bernadette Mayer: "The Lobelias of Fear"
2 min
1534
Harryette Mullen: "Conversation in Isolation"
2 min
1535
José Santos Chocano: "A Song of the Road"
3 min
1536
Rosalía de Castro: "The Carillon"
2 min
1537
Carolina Ebeid: "Silueta of Crushed Lipstick an...
4 min
1538
Andrea Blancas Beltran: "Year of the Rat, Full ...
3 min
1539
Cecilia Vicuña: "The Disappeared"
4 min
1540
Anna Maria Hong: "We Were"
2 min
1541
David Shapiro: "The Only Emperor"
3 min
1542
Khushal Khan Khattak: "[Know thou well this wor...
4 min
1543
Fenton Johnson: "Rulers"
1 min
1544
Hoa Nguyen: "The Pu Pu Platter Appetizer"
3 min
1545
Joseph Rios: "For Henry's Bar"
4 min
1546
Farid Matuk: "The Butcher’s Fifth Quarter"
3 min
1547
Roberto Tejada: "Night Festival"
5 min
1548
Victoria Guerrero, Anastatia Spicer, and Honora...
7 min
1549
Claude McKay: "French Leave"
2 min
1550
Helen Hoyt: "The Office Building"
1 min